john sooias t eubio



J.. SOGIAS y RUBIO.

Ironing Machine.

No. 229,758 Patented July 6,1880.

perspective view of the machine.

I 2 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SOGIAS Y RUBIO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IRONING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,758, dated July 6, 1880.

Application filed April 12, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Sooms Y RUBIo,

of New York, in the county and State of'New York, have invented a new and useful Ironing-Machine, of which the following is a full and exact description.

.wise of the table.

My invention is an improvement in this class of machines, and has for its object to provide means for suspending a sad-iron which will allow it to be moved in any direction over the ironing-table; also, to suspend the sad-iron by yielding or elastic devices, to enable it to be operated more easily and efliciently.

. The construction and combination of parts are as hereinafter described and claimed.

In accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a Fig. 2 includes a vertical section of the carriage and screw-and a detail view of an attachment of the screw.

'At 61 is shown a platform or table, upon which. the material tobe pressed is placed. At 6 e, on each end of the frame a. b, is placed a second rail, which acts as a track, upon which are placed frames containing four wheels each, as shown at ii, two of which are above and two below the track. Extending from one of these frames to the other, at

. the other end of the table, are two more tracks,

as shown, and marked letters a n, and upon this track is placed a car, P, having four wheels,

g, on each side, two below and two above, on

each side alike, as shown.

The car has alarge hollow screw, 14, passing down through the center, upon which is suspended the goose or pressing-iron 0. Now, this car will travel from right to left and from left to right on the track a n, which track being supported on the frame-work t 'i, which travels on the track 6 e in the opposite direction, it is evident that the iron 0 can be moved in any direction at the will of the operator.

7 At letter P, Fig. 2, is shown the car. u is the screw; h, an iron rod, on which is suspended the goose 0. o is the opening through the screw, which is only sufficiently large for the rod h to pass, while above and below o it will be seen to be large enough to contain the springs j and It.

At to, Fig. 2, will be seen a cam with handle 2. At y is the handle or arm to turn the screw, and r is amovable collar or slide.

The spring 3' is for the purpose of raising the rod and keeping the iron elevated from the table. When the screw is turned down it bears upon the spring is, which forces the lower end down upon the collar T, which, in turn, bears upon the cam w, thus forcing the goose downward upon the table or work to be pressed with a force at the will of the operator.

The cam w is for the purpose of a more sudden increase or lessening of pressure, at the will of the operator. By bearing on or raising the handle 2 the spring is is contracted or released at pleasure.

What I claim is- 1. In an'ironing-machine of the class hereinbefore described, the combination of the sad-iron and its supporting traversing block or carriage 1?, having rollers q, with the traversing rails a n, which are rigidly connected, and provided with rollers i, and the fixed rails e e, on which said rollers i run, all as shown and described, whereby the sad-iron is adapted to be moved in any direction in a horizontal plane, as specified.

2. The combination of the sad-iron, its rod or stem h, and the springs j, with the adjusting tubular screw u, having an internal shoulder, 11, which separates the springs, as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the cam, rotating in a fixed pivot, and the sliding collar 1, with the sad-iron, the rod h, and spring 7c, encircling the latter, the tubular screw u, having an internal shoulder or stop for the spring, and the carriage or shifting-block P, all substantially asshown and described, whereby the adjustment of the cam slides the collar on the rod and varies the pressure on the sadiron without requiring any change in the position of the screw.

. JOHN SOOIAS Y RUBIO.

Witnesses:

ROBERT FRANKLIN BERWIOK, LonTs HENRY ZooHER. 

